The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... body had been consumed , and the skin only remained . After this dreadful visitation Athens sank into insigni- ficance , and became as obscure as it had once been illustrious . We are indeed informed that the cities of Hellas were put ...
... body had been consumed , and the skin only remained . After this dreadful visitation Athens sank into insigni- ficance , and became as obscure as it had once been illustrious . We are indeed informed that the cities of Hellas were put ...
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... body of four presidents ( émiorára ) , one of whom bears the title of " First Man of Athos , " and a representative body called the Holy Synod , which consists of twenty members , one from each of the monasteries proper . These twenty ...
... body of four presidents ( émiorára ) , one of whom bears the title of " First Man of Athos , " and a representative body called the Holy Synod , which consists of twenty members , one from each of the monasteries proper . These twenty ...
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... body which cannot be cut in two . The atomic theory is a theory of the constitution of bodies , which asserts that they are made up of atoms . The opposite theory is that of the homogeneity and continuity of bodies , and asserts , at ...
... body which cannot be cut in two . The atomic theory is a theory of the constitution of bodies , which asserts that they are made up of atoms . The opposite theory is that of the homogeneity and continuity of bodies , and asserts , at ...
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... bodies , which have had their adherents both in ancient and in modern times . They correspond to the two methods of ... body is the only measure of the quantity of matter in it . Bos- Of the different forms of the atomic theory . that ...
... bodies , which have had their adherents both in ancient and in modern times . They correspond to the two methods of ... body is the only measure of the quantity of matter in it . Bos- Of the different forms of the atomic theory . that ...
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... bodies , have the power of acting on one another when they come near enough to do so . The properties of the body , or medium , are determined by the configuration and motion of its small parts . The first step in the investigation is ...
... bodies , have the power of acting on one another when they come near enough to do so . The properties of the body , or medium , are determined by the configuration and motion of its small parts . The first step in the investigation is ...
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